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Ministry of Education
50 students from Odisha visit Maharashtra under Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav Student Exchange Program
Mumbai, 03 July, 2022
50 students from Odisha completed their 5-day Maharashtra visit today under the Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav Student Exchange Program. The students reached Mumbai on 29th June as part of the Exchange Program. The exchange programme is facilitated by AICTE and Ministry of Education under the initiatives Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav and Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat.
The batch of 50 students from Odisha were hosted by the Thakur College of Engineering and Technology, Mumbai in last five days that provided them an opportunity to learn about Maharashtra's language, culture, traditions, music, food etc.
As part of Maharashtra visit, the students explored various places of historical and cultural significance. They visited the famous Gateway of India, the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, the National Gallery of Modern Art. Formerly known as the Prince of Wales Museum, the Vastu Sangrahalaya houses a host of relics, artworks and artefacts from the Mughal empire era, Indus Valley Civilization, and displays of Mumbai’s trade relations with other continents.
To experience the flora and fauna of the state, the students visited the Sanjay Gandhi National Park which has the unique distinction of being the largest tropical forest anywhere in the world to be completely surrounded by urban sprawl. At the park, the students also got a chance to visit the Kanheri Caves which has around 100 caves that demonstrate unique Buddhist style of art and architecture.
In Mumbai, which is the entertainment capital of India and the centre of Bollywood, the students visited the National Museum of Indian Cinema in Mahalakshmi. Students also explored Nehru Science Centre in Worli and the Girgaon Viewing Deck. Earlier, students visited the Thakur Institute of Aviation Technology to experience AR VR technology and Thakur Institute of Hotel Management.
On the last day of their visit, the students from Odisha along with the volunteers of TCET visited Global Vipassana Pagoda in Borivali. A valedictory function was held today that was marked by cultural performances like Odissi and Bharatanatyam dance by students.
During the stay, students from both the states had a chance to exchange views on traditions, culture, lifestyle, education, etc. They engaged in indoor and outdoor activities, fun games and friendly matches.
Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat programme aims to enhance interaction & promote mutual understanding between people of different states/UTs through the concept of state/UT pairing. The states carry out activities to promote a sustained and structured cultural connect in the areas of language learning, culture, traditions & music, tourism & cuisine, sports and sharing of best practices, etc.
PIB Headquarters
Run, Walk and Fun draws Huge response from Amdavadis in CISF Marathon
Participants undertake Cleanliness drive as service after the Run
It was a complete wholesome package of run, walk, a social message and fun for Amdavadis in the CISF Marathon and Walkathon on Sunday morning. More than 2700 fitness enthusiasts from all walks of life had a real good deal of an electrifying Zumba as a warm up before the tough 10 km Marathon and 5 Km Walkathon. For children there was a 5 Km Marathon and 2 km Walkathon also.
The winner of the 10 km Marathon among men was C. H. Kusha Who completed the run in 35 minutes and 7 seconds. Females were not much behind and winner Pragnya Mohan did it in less than 40 minutes.
5 Km Marathon men was won by Shankar Thakur who completed it in 16 minutes 17 seconds. Heeral Vaghela completed it in 30 minutes in women's category.
The run and walk was conducted by the CISF to promote cleanliness in the society. As part of Golden Jubilee celebrations of CISF, its unit based in ONGC Ahmedabad showed Amdavadis the weaponry used by forces, which drew huge response. In addition, there were musical performances of the force band, which charged the atmosphere with patriotic songs as well as other popular songs. There was perfect synergy between civilians who took part in the race with the Jawans. Participants were seen rushing towards selfie points put up by the CISF to promote their activities. The ceremonial dress of men and women among Jawans was the main attraction for large number of students and other Amdavadis clicked selfies with them. To engage participants all through the event many interactive activities and games were also conducted.
According to participants, it was an opportunity for them to know so much about our brave forces who protect us.
ONGC Ahmedabad Asset Manager Debasis Basu was the chief guest who gave away awards to winners after the marathon was over. Ahmedabad Police, Traffic cops and AMC had made elaborate arrangements to ensure that event is conducted smoothly.
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Prime Minister's Office
PM congratulates Mariyappan Thangavelu for winning Silver Medal in High Jump at Paralympics Games
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has congratulated Mariyappan Thangavelu for winning the Silver Medal in High Jump at the Paralympics Games in Tokyo.
In a tweet, the Prime Minister said;
"Soaring higher and higher!
Mariyappan Thangavelu is synonymous with consistence and excellence. Congratulations to him for winning the Silver Medal. India is proud of his feat. @189thangavelu #Paralympics #Praise4Para"
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Health Secretary reviews action taken and preparedness with the concerned Ministries/Depts and States/UTs on Novel Coronavirus  through video conference
Ms. Preeti Sudan, Secretary  chaired a video conference  with Health Secretaries from States/UTs along with senior officials from Ministry of Shipping, Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Civil Aviation and Ministry of Tourism to review their preparedness for prevention and management of COVID-19, here today.
Secretary  informed that various precautionary measures have been undertaken in close coordination with the concerned ministries at the central level. She added that the situation is under control in the country and is being regularly monitored by Prime Minister’s Office, Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare and Cabinet Secretary on a regular basis regarding the updates, status of preparedness and actions taken so far.In addition, the Group of Ministers is also reviewing the status; two meetings of the GOM have been held till date. States were informed that while the cases have not increased in the country, the vigil needs to be kept high. States were urged to keep enhancing the awareness among the masses for prevention through personal hygiene, and self-reporting in case of any travel from China and other identified countries.
States were advised to regularly fill the requisite informationaccurately and in timely manner on the portal which has been put in place as a special surveillance web tool to monitor the cases on a real time basis, and to help in national-level monitoring.
Secretary  further elaborated that containment and prevention activities shall be taken up on utmost priority. All the states need to strengthen their rapid response teams to counter any eventuality. Also there needs to be role clarity and robust administrative structures in place at all Districts.
She informed that one patient, a student from Wuhan University, who tested positive for the COVID19 thereby becoming the country's second such case, was on Thursday discharged from the isolation ward of the Alappuzha Medical College hospital, Kerala. She commended the efforts put on by all the States/UTs and various ministries to combat the situation arise due to COVID19 in India.
States/UTs have reported that the protocols and guidelines issued are being followed to avoid any eventuality. They further informed that the sufficient stocks for Personal Protection Equipments and masks have been procured.
States of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Sikkim bordering Nepal have been advised to strengthen the disease surveillance.
Special Service and Features
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF YOGA -DEPARTMENT OF POSTS, INDIA
Anna Road Head Post Office Chennai 600 002 has Commemorated the International Day of Yoga  2021 by issuance of Special Cancellation of Yoga issued by Department of Posts, India. To create the awareness on Yoga among the Citizens, all the Mails viz. Registered / Speed Post / Unregistered articles booked at Anna Road HPO and delivered through Anna Road Head Post office on 21.06.2021 were impressed with the Special Cancellation of International Day of Yoga 2021.
Further, to implant the benefits of Yoga in the minds of Children , a Webinar was conducted by the Philatelic Bureau of Anna Road Head Post office to the young ones, by showing the Special Stamps of Yoga to the Children visually.
This is stated in a press release issued by the Shri. M.SRIRAMAN, Chief Postmaster, Anna Road H.P.O, Chennai-600002
Prime Minister's Office
PM greets people on Basant Panchami and Saraswati Puja
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has greeted the people on the occasion of Basant Panchami and Saraswati Puja.
In a tweet, the Prime Minister said;
“बसंत पंचमी और सरस्वती पूजा का यह सुअवसर हर किसी के जीवन में नई ऊर्जा और नए उत्साह का संचार करे। मां विद्यादायिनी की वंदना से जुड़े इस पावन पर्व की आप सभी को हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं।”
Ministry of Defence
86th Air Force Day: Air Display
The Indian Air Force proudly celebrates its 86TH anniversary on 08 Oct 2018. A scintillating air display by various aircraft will be the hallmark of the Air Force Day Parade cum Investiture Ceremony at Air Force Station Hindan . Rehearsals for the air display will commence from 01st October 2018 . The general area over which aircraft will be flying at low levels are Wazirpur bridge – Karwalnagar – Afjalpur - Hindan, Shamli – Jiwana – Chandinagar – Hindan, Hapur – Philkua – Ghaziabad – Hindan.
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BIRDS POSE A VERY SERIOUS THREAT TO FLYING AIR CRAFT, SPECIALLY AT LOW LEVELS. EATABLES THROWN OUT IN THE OPEN ATTRACT BIRDS. TO ENSURE SAFETY OF THE AIRCRAFT, PILOTS AND PEOPLE ON GROUND, THE INDIAN AIR FORCE REQUESTS ALL CITIZENS OF DELHI, GHAZIABAD AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD NOT TO THROW EATABLES AND GARBAGE IN OPEN. ALSO, IF THEY FIND ANY CARCASSES/DEAD ANIMALS LYING OUT IN OPEN, THEY MUST REPORT TO THE NEAREST AIR FORCE UNIT/POLICE STATION TO ARRANGE FOR ITS DISPOSAL. ALSO PLEASE CALL/SMS TO OFFICER INCHARGE BIRD HAZARD COMBAT TEAM  ON CELL NO. 8376049624
The air display will commence with flag bearing sky divers of famous AKASH GANGA Team dropping out of AN-32 aircraft in their colourful canopies, at 0800 hours.
The flypast would include the vintage aircraft, modern transport aircraft and frontline fighter aircraft. The ceremony will conclude at 1052 hours with a scintillating aerobatic display.
Note: Kindly publish message in the box to help ensure a ‘safe’ FLYING ENVIRONMENT.
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Ministry of Defence
CAPS – HQ MC Joint Seminar on “Challenges of the Evolving Threats Facing India” at Air Force Station Tughlakabad, New Delhi
Centre for Air Power Studies  and Maintenance Command, Indian Air Force  organised a joint seminar on the theme “Challenges Of The Evolving Threats Facing India” at Air Force Station Tughlakabad, New Delhi on 25 Feb 2020. The seminar was attended by Officers from Units under Maintenance Command IAF & Distinguished Senior Research Fellows from CAPS. The event was inaugurated by Air Marshal Shashiker Choudhary AVSM VSM, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, MC IAF.
The seminar was conducted in three sessions. The inaugural session commenced with an opening address by Air Marshal KK Nohwar PVSM VM , Director General, CAPS. This session focussed on ‘Politico – Military Environment with respect to India – China Relations post-Wuhan and Mahabalipuram’ covered by Shri Jayadeva Ranade. Dr Shalini Chawla, Distinguished Fellow, CAPS spoke on ‘India – Pakistan Relations post-Balakot and Abrogation of Article-370’. The second session covered on ‘New Challenges with respect to Trajectory of China’s Nuclear Weapons Programme & Safeguarding India’s Critical Information Infrastructure’, which was chaired by Dr Shalini Chawla, Distinguished fellow, CAPS. The seminar concluded with a session on ‘Capability building at Base Repair Depots and Equipment Depots of the IAF’, chaired by Air Vice Marshal VC Wankhade AOES MC, IAF.
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Ministry of Science & Technology
CSIR-NIScPR Celebrates “International Open Access Week-2022”
International Open Access Week is celebrated worldwide to create awareness about the open access scholarly publishing among researchers and publishers. It is celebrated globally during the last full week of October. To highlight the different aspects and opportunities of the Open Access Publishing, the different outreach activities are organized including talks, seminars, symposia, or the announcement of open access mandates or other milestones in open access. In the year 2022, The International Open Access Week, entered in its fifteenth year of celebration.
Open Access advocate Mr. M. Madhan delivering the lecture on “Need of Open Access Scholarly Publishing”
CSIR-NIScPR is the one of largest Open Access publishers of India which publishes 15 Diamond Open Access scholarly journals. CSIR-NIScPR neither charges any publication fee to authors nor any subscription fee to the readers. To celebrate the “International Open Access Week”, a lecture has been organized entitled “Non-commercial open access journals: How to sell Diamonds in the rush for  Gold” which was delivered by Open Access advocate and information science expert Mr M. Madhan on 31 October 2022 at CSIR-NIScPR, Pusa Campus. He highlighted the need of Open Access scholarly publishing and discussed the challenges of such publishing model. The international status on the diamond open access publishing was also discussed in detail. He highlighted that the scholarly data must be open to all without any political and economic boundaries for the sustainable growth of not only a country but also the whole world. The lecture was followed by a Q&A session.
The session was chaired by Prof. Ranjana Aggarwal, Director, CSIR-NIScPR. Prof. Ranjana Aggarwal elaborated the institute's commitment to support the publishing of the Diamond Open Access scholarly journals. She highlighted that the CSIR-NIScPR is going to play a very crucial role in nation development through its open access scholarly journals.
Prof. Ranjana Aggarwal, Director CSIR-NIScPR addressing the audience
Dr. Meher Wan, Scientist at CSIR-NIScPR welcomed the gathering and Dr. G Mahesh, Chief Scientist & Head, Research Journals Division presented the vote of thanks.
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Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
MoS Dr Jitendra Singh to participate in Yoga Day activities in Jammu tomorrow
Various activities organised by Ministry of Personnel, Pubic Grievances & Pensions as a run up to International Day of Yoga
The Union Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region , Prime Minister’s Office, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh will participate in the Yoga Day activities in Jammu on the occasion of 4th International Day of Yoga tomorrow.
The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions organised various activities in the run up to the International Day of Yoga. The Department of Personnel & Training  has organised Yoga training classes for the employees working at North Block. Various special classes on breathing exercises were also held.
The Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances  organized these activities in its premises at Sardar Patel Bhawan. The Department conducted Yoga Classes for the active participation of the employees. Yoga classes were conducted by Yoga Guru, Dr. Satinder Singh on common yoga asanas which witnessed enthusiastic participation of employees. The Department shared Prayer and Common Yoga Protocol videos on Social Media Platforms of Ministry of AYUSH in the Social Media Accounts i.e. Twitter and Facebook of DARPG for wider dissemination of the invaluable information to benefit the various strata of population for their well-being.
Similarly, Department of Pensions & Pensioners’ Welfare has been organising three-day  Yoga classes for the benefit of its employees. A Yoga Guru from the Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga was invited to train employees on various Yoga asanas. He also guided the employees on leading a healthy lifestyle and specific Yoga asanas for particular diseases.
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
Boost to Ease of Doing Business in Petroleum & Natural Gas Sector
Cabinet approves Delegation of Powers to Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Minister of Finance to approve the award of the Blocks/Contract Areas to successful bidders under HELP/OALP after International Competitive Bidding 
In line with the Government initiative of ease of doing business, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for delegating the powers to Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Finance Minister to award the Blocks/Contract Areas to successful bidders under Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing Policy  after International Competitive Bidding  based on the recommendations of Empowered Committee of Secretaries . Under HELP, Blocks are to be awarded twice in a year. Therefore, this delegation of powers will expedite the decision making process on awarding blocks and give a boost to the initiative of ease of doing business.
Impact:
Under the NELP Policy, ECS considers the Bid Evaluation Criteria , conducts negotiations with the bidders wherever necessary and make recommendations to CCEA on award of blocks. The CCEA approves the award of blocks. The entire process, including Inter Ministerial Consultations  is quite lengthy and time consuming. In consonance with the Government initiativeof 'Ease of Doing Business', it is desirable to shorten the duration of time taken foraward of the Blocks / ContractAreas. Under the NewHydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing Policy' the competitive bidding will be continuous and blocks will be awarded twice a year.
Background:
Government of India launched a new policy regime for Exploration & Production  sector namely Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing Policy  in 2016 which is paradigm shift from earlier policy regime. The main features of new Policy regime are Revenue Sharing Contract, single Licence for exploration and production of conventional as well as unconventional Hydrocarbon resources, marketing & pricing freedom, etc. Open Acreage Licensing Policy  under HELP, is main innovative feature wherein investor can carve out Blocks of their own interest and submit an Expression of Interest  throughout the year. Based on the areas for which expression of interest has been expressed bidding will be conducted every 6 months.
Government received an overwhelming response in first Eol cycle of OALP which started on 1st July, 2017 and closed on 15th November, 2017. In the first Bid round, 55 blocks, having an area of 59282 sq.km spreading across 11 States have been offered for bidding. The bidding process is being handled through a secured and dedicated e-bidding portal.
Ministry of Finance
Income Tax Department conducts searches in Kanpur
The Income Tax Department carried out a search action on 29.07.2021 on a large group based in Kanpur and Delhi. The group is in the business of manufacturing Pan Masala and in real estate. A total of 31 premises were searched spread across Kanpur, Noida, Ghaziabad, Delhi and Kolkata.
The group has been earning huge amounts through unaccounted sale of Pan Masala and through unaccounted real estate business. This unaccounted income was laundered back into the concerns through a vast link of shell companies. Digital and paper evidence found during search revealed a nation-wide network of such paper companies created by the group. The Directors of these companies are persons of no financial means. While some of these persons are not even filing income tax returns, some others who file returns do so of extremely meagre amounts. Field investigations further revealed that these paper companies did not exist at the addresses mentioned and never conducted any business.
However, surprisingly these companies advanced so called loans and advances to the real estate group amounting to Rs 226 crore in just three years. A network of 115 such shell companies has been found. Forensic analysis of the digital data is in progress. The main ‘directors’ also admitted that they were only ‘dummy directors’ and signed on the dotted lines as and when required in return for commission for their ‘services’.
During the search, the income tax teams also discovered secret hideouts where troves of documents containing details of unaccounted money and their process of laundering have been unearthed. Analysis of such documents and evidence is also underway. The complete modus operandi has been uncovered by the team including the role of ‘cash handlers’ and their details.
The modus-operandi is similar with respect to the business of Pan Masala. They too have laundered back their unaccounted income through an extensive network of such shell companies. Unaccounted loans and premia received from such paper companies exceeding Rs. 110 crore in three years, have been detected. The group ploughed back their unaccounted money through such shell companies by showing bogus advances against property sale, bogus loans and share premia.
Forensic analysis of evidence is in progress. So far 34 bogus bank accounts of shell companies have been found. Deductions claimed under Income-tax Act, 1961 with respect to treatment of biodegradable waste are under detailed scrutiny. It has also been discovered that through some of these paper companies based in Kolkata, bogus sale and purchase of manure has been shown, amounting to Rs. 80 crore so that cash can be deposited into bank accounts.
During the search, cash of more than Rs. 52 lakh was found along with more than 7 kg gold. Preliminary figures indicate unaccounted transactions exceeding Rs. 400 crore.
Further investigations are in progress.
Cabinet
Cabinet approves Amendment of the Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial Act, 1951
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the Amendment of the Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial Act, 1951.
Gist of the decision:
The decisions aims to suitably amend the Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial Act, 1951 so as to secure representation as Trustees, “the Leader of Opposition recognized as such in the House of the People, or where there is no such Leader of Opposition, then the Leader of the single largest Opposition Party in the House”.
Benefits:
In the existing Act, there is a provision for representation of a single national political party. Deletion of the party specific member from the Trust will make it apolitical. The proposed amendment ensures representation of the Opposition Party in the Trust. The proposed Amendment will empower the Government to terminate and replace a Trustee to participate in functioning of the Trust or for any other reason.